Recycled Textiles: Making Fabric from Plastic Bottles

Environmental protection and sustainability are subjects that recur often in conversation, political debates, and the marketplace. With the eventual widespread use of plastic in the last two centuries, the issue of the impact of plastic waste on the environment has become a hot topic. The textiles business contributes to this concern in the area of man-made fibers.

 

 

While they are convenient, cheap, and versatile, man-made fibers have an impact on the environment because of their longevity and sometimes unsustainable production process. This concern has been answered recently by recycling plastic materials into textiles and reducing the need for new man-made fibers. This presentation explores the production of textiles from plastic bottles, alternative textile recycling procedures, and the consumer response to recycled textiles.